launched fromUSA

USA-117

Name: USA-117
Start: 1996-03-28T00:21:00Z
Location: Canaveral

Success

MAR 28199600:21:00 UTC

Delta II carried the GPS IIA-16 navigation satellite, which operated for more than 18 years against a planned 7.5 before being moved to a graveyard orbit and deactivated in August 2014.

LIFTOFF

MAR 28 1996

00:21:00 UTC

Success

launched from LC-17B Canaveral

aboard Delta II 7925 Delta 234 into MEO

carrying 1,816 kg of payload

Payload

USA-117 (GPS IIA-16)

Navigation